September 1961

The following events occurred in September 1961:

September 1, 1961: Eritrea (green) begins 29 year fight for independence from Ethiopia
September 18, 1961: UN Secretary-General Hammarskjöld killed in plane crash
September 9, 1961: USS Long Beach , world's first nuclear-powered surface ship, commissioned
September 17, 1961: Turkey's ex-premier Menderes revived from drug overdose, then hanged
Jagan
Destruction after America's largest evacuation
African and Malagasy Union
Ex-President Bayar, spared
Dag Hammarskjöld's Grave
A roadside marker commemorating the incident
Original sign with seal from the CIA's first building
Mantle
UAR
Syria